Homes in the City of Dawsonville: inside the city limits

Dawsonville is the county seat, incorporated in 1859, and the city is small: about 9.6 square miles, less than 5 percent of the county’s land. About 4,888 of the county’s 35,365 residents live inside it. The rest live in unincorporated Dawson County, often with the same Dawsonville mailing address.

County seat · inside city limits

The City of Dawsonville

The incorporated city around the 1858 courthouse square: about 9.6 square miles and roughly 4,900 residents.

• GA 400 commute
• Near town
• City services

• The county seat, with the courthouse square, City Hall, the library and the school district office in town.
• The city runs its own water and sewer department, and city garbage pickup is for city customers only.
• OSRM estimates about 28 minutes from the square to Cumming in free-flowing traffic.

Check first: A Dawsonville mailing address does not put a home inside the city. Check the parcel on the county zoning map or with City Hall.

Homes in the City of Dawsonville

What changes inside the city limits

• Property tax. The city levies no property tax: city homes pay the same county and school rates as everyone else.
• Water and sewer. The city runs its own system. It built the county’s first public water source in 1953 and now runs four groundwater wells and a spring; its wastewater plant is permitted for 400,000 gallons a day.
• Garbage. City garbage service is for city customers only; outside the city, residents hire private haulers.
• Power. Georgia Power serves most of the city, though the city says Amicalola EMC serves part of it too.
• Zoning and permits. County Community Development handles zoning and permits for unincorporated Dawson County; inside the city, start at City Hall.

How to tell whether an address is in the city

Do not go by the mailing address: the 30534 ZIP area covers about 86 percent of the county and reaches into four neighbouring counties. Look the parcel up on the county’s online zoning map or in its qPublic property record, or call City Hall at (706) 265-3256.

Living near the square

The historic courthouse still anchors Main Street, with the county Government Center nearby. In town are the Dawson County Library on Allen Street, the school district office on Main Street and Dawson County Junior High on Allen Street.

From the square, OpenStreetMap routing estimates about 28 minutes to Cumming and 26 to the Dahlonega square in free-flowing traffic.